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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Cornelius M. Crowley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ali Salahieh, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brian D. Brandt, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Andrew J. H. Backus, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Thu Pham, San Jose, CA (US);
Luan Cao, Stockton, CA (US);
Dwight J. Knab, Jr., Newark, CA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including an anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system, the delivery system including an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath, and a sheathing aid connecting the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of tethers extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the anchor member, and a release mechanism slidably disposed within a coupler ring coupled to a distal end of the inner catheter. The plurality of tethers may be releasably coupled to the release mechanism.